The film can also be set to star Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks and Sebastian Eugene Hansen, whereas Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess – who labored with Black on 2006’s Nacho Libre – will probably be on the helm.
The venture is being backed by Legendary and Warner Bros with a deliberate April 2025 launch date.
Previously, the likes of Peter Sollett, Rob McElhenney and Shawn Levy have been in talks to direct earlier than Hess received on board.
It is nonetheless unclear what the film will really be about, however Deadline added that manufacturing is about to start quickly in New Zealand.
Minecraft launched in 2011 and the sandbox sport, which lets gamers make 3D worlds utilizing vibrant blocks, has gone on to turn out to be among the best promoting titles of all time, with over 140 million month-to-month customers.
It is not the primary online game movie Black will probably be concerned in both, after he beforehand appeared in The Tremendous Mario Bros Film and each of the brand new Jumanji films, whereas he has been solid in Borderlands.
In the meantime, he’s additionally confirmed to be reprising the position of Po in DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming sequel Kung Fu Panda 4.